Re: It's Time to Release

[jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk (Julian Gilbey)]

> Here is my latest bug list...
> 
> Package Name      Bug #  Bug Description [days old] (maintainer)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  ~~~~~  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> apache            33362  apache: apache 1.3.3-6 depends on apache-common (&gt;= 1.3.4) [0]  (Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>)

This was a simple typo in the control file which was fixed in version
1.3.3-7, currently sitting in Incoming.  Apache will not even install
without it.

> general           28850  gettext: security problem when used in setuid programs [0]  (debian-devel@lists.debian.org)

There was a suggestion some while back to search the .orig files for a
gettext.c file, or something like that.  Did anyone ever do this?  It
could be a serious security hole, so this should be done asap by
someone with the expertise to do so.

> general           32888  base: Removing &quot;Obsolete&quot; package base kills a system [9]  (debian-devel@lists.debian.org)

Hasn't this been fixed by the new base upgrade package or the like?  I
remember discussions on -devel about how to do it.

   Julian

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